A Ukrainian Jewish leader called for a political party headed by a reputed anti-Semite to be banned from upcoming parliamentary elections. Vadim Rabinovich, an influential business tycoon and leader of the All-Ukrainian Jewish Congress, appealed Wednesday to the Justice Minister and the Central Election Committee to revoke the registration of the Ukrainian Conservative Party.
The estate of Sigmund Freud’s grandson won a Holocaust-era lawsuit against Swiss banks. U.S. District Judge Edward Korman on Wednesday ruled that the estate of Anton Walter Freud, who died last year at age 83, would be awarded $168,000 as part of a payout to 23 claimants.
A Jewish group called on the Canadian government to condemn anti-Semitic comments by Iran’s president. B’nai Brith Canada asked the government to condemn comments by Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and rebuke Iran’s representative in Canada.
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